Some daughters are very close with their mothers. They talk on the phone at least once a day, share secrets, and when it’s time to get married, these daughters want their mothers to be involved, very involved, right down to attending their raunchy bachelorette weekend. Wait, what? Whaaaaat?

A charming dispatch from the Oregon town of Wilsonville, just south of Portland: After a bachelorette party being held in the bar of a Holiday Inn (hm) asked the bartender to kick out a troublesome patron, said patron got very, very upset.

Help! I'm planning a friend's bachelorette in NYC this spring (I'm the maid of honor) and am desperately trying to avoid any and all clichés — strippers, pole dancing lessons, matching T-shirts — while taking into consideration the bride's preferences: not drawing attention to herself, not particularly enjoying…

A New Jersey woman is suing Manhattan's schmancy (if you're into that sort of thing) Gansevoort Hotel after a drunk, belligerent Belgian tourist allegedly stabbed her in the thigh with a stiletto heel during a bachelorette party. For her ensuing troubles, she would like $5 million.

The New York Times Weddings section, forever on the beat of things that are hot and sexy, draws our attention to a new trend for brides: taking weekend trips for their bachelorette parties with their besties and/or having more than one bachelorette party. In general, neither of these ideas seems entirely new. What…

One of my goals as a performer is to never become jaded with it, which is surprisingly easy, even when you're a professional sword swallower who introduces strippers. And when I hear the curtains whoosh open and get the spotlight in my eyes, I fall in love — with my life, with my work, with my audience. That is, until…

Chances are that at some point in your life, you'll be asked to stand up as Maid of Honor at a friend or relative's wedding. And while the travails of bridesmaidery are vast and varied, one of the more tricky feats involved in being the Maid of Honor is planning a bachelorette party that isn't embarrassing while it's…

Now that we're living in a post-Bridesmaids world, everyone is aware that being forced into various social situations with a group of women you barely know can be pretty uncomfortable. At least at the bachelorette party you usually have booze to get you through the night, but some brides are taking that away from…

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